WEBVTT LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH BEFORECLASSES LET OUT FOR THE SUMMER.THE SCHOOL SYSTEM LAYOFF LISTMAY BE SHORTER, BUT THAT ALONEIS NOT ENOUGH TO PUT EMPLOYEESAT EASE.>> WE'RE ALL ANXIOUS.IT'S LIKE, ARE WE GOING TO BEHERE NEXT YEAR?TIM: THIS VETERAN BALTIMORECITY TEACHER SAYS HER HEART GOESOUT FOR THE DISTRICT'S YOUNGESTEDUCATORS.>> THEY'RE VERY ANXIOUS.HERE THEY ARE TRYING TO SHOW UPEVERY DAY AND TEACH THE KIDS,AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT ON YOURMIND, YOU'RE NOT AT YOUR BEST.YOU ARE NOT FOCUSED AND ON FIRE,AS MY PRINCIPAL SAYS.TIM: IT'S THE KIND OF TENSIONTHAT'S BEING FELT AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE AND AT DISTRICTHEADQUARTERS.THE CTY SCHOOL CEO SAYS SHEFEELS THE FRUSTRATION, BUT ISTRYING TO BUY MORE TIME FOR AREASON.>> WE ARE DILIGENTLY LOOKING ATTHE NUMBERS.I WANT TO GET IT RIGHT.I AM NOT RUSHING.I KNOW PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS.I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OFTALKING TO TEACHERS AT VARIOUSPOINTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.>> MY PHONE RINGS 24 HOURS ADAY. TIM: BUT PATIENCE IS RUNNING OUTAMONG LEADERS LIKE THE HEAD OFTHE PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORSAND SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION, WHOSAYS HIS MEMBERS ARE JUSTCOUNTING ON A FAIR SHAKE.>> WE'RE WILLING TO INCREASE OURHEALTH CARE, NOT GET A RAISETHIS YEAR, AND WE MADE OTHERRECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I'M GOINGTO TAKE ALL OF THAT OFF THETABLE IF ANY OF OUR PEOPLE AREHIT.TIM: SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAYEMPLOYEE UNIONS WILL BE AMONGTHE FIRST TO GET WORD ON WHENAND WHERE CUTS WILL TAKE PLACE.>> AS A FORMER CLASSROOM PERSON,I KNOW THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY, ANDWE DON'T NEED ANXIETY.TIM: THE CEO IS SET TO PRESENT

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Almost four months after promising to send out pink slips, employees still don't know if they'll make the cut.

Some school system workers said the sense of uncertainty comes a little more than a month before classes let out for the summer.

The school system layoff list may less than anticipated, but that alone is not enough to put employees at ease.

"We're all anxious. It's like, are we going to be here next year?" teacher Teresa Bauchheister said.

Bauchheister, a veteran Baltimore teacher, said her heart goes out for the district's youngest educators.

"They're very anxious. Here, they are trying to show up every day and teach the kids, and when you have that on your mind, you're not at your best. You are not focused and on fire, as my principal says," Bauchheister said.

It's the kind of tension that's being felt at the school house and at district headquarters. Baltimore City Schools CEO Dr. Sonja Santelesis said she feels the frustration but is trying to buy more time for a reason.

"We are diligently looking at the numbers. I want to get it right. I am not rushing. I know people are anxious. I've had the privilege of talking to teachers at various points throughout the city," Santelesis said.

"My phone rings 24 hours a day," said Jimmy Gittings, president of the Public School Administrators and Supervisors Association Union.

But patience is running out among leaders, like the head of the public school administrators and supervisors association, who said his members are just counting on a fair shake.

"We're willing to increase our health care, not get a raise this year, and we made other recommendations, but I'm going to take all of that off the table if any of our people are hit," Gittings said.

School officials said employee unions will be among the first to get word on when and where cuts will take place.

"As a former classroom person. I know the level of anxiety and we don't need anxiety," Santelesis said.

The CEO is set to present her proposed budget to the school board on Tuesday.